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Historic Earthquake
1906 United States of America Earthquake
23 December 1906 · Aleutian Islands · United States of America
On 23 December 1906 at 17:22 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the United States of America (Aleutian Islands). It occurred on the North American Plate, 135 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 23 December 1906
- Time
- 17:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W (145 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 Alaska Peninsula Earthquake · M 8.2
- 1912Alaska Peninsula · M 7.5
- 19001900 Kodiak Earthquake · M 8.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth